Improvement in spark-fewders for steam-car windows



S. WALES Spark-Fenders for Steam Car Window s.

No.l49,620. Pat entedApriI14,1874.

SIGOURNEY WALES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

IMPRQVEMENT iN SPARK-FENDERS FOR STEA=CAR WINDOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,620, dated April14, 1874; application filed February 24, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIGOURNEY WALES, of NewYork city, State and county of New York, have invented a Spark Fender orShield for use in Steam Railway-Oar Windows, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to a combination of cloth, paper, or any othersuitable material,

firmly supported by wire ribs from a bar of wood, in such a manner thatthe cinders, dust, and rush of wind are fended off when the cars are inmotion.

Figure 1 is a sid'e elevation embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan,showing the manner of folding. Fig. 3 is a plan to show its compactform. V Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the hinge, having the bent wiresupporter. Fig. 5 is a section of the bar and the arm with the hinge andwire support.

A is a bar of wood, having two arms, 0 and D, which may be of equallength, or one longer than the other, attached by the hinges E E,having, in place of the center pin which usually secures the halves of ahinge together, a wire, which is bent at right angles, F, of sufficientlength to reach a little beyond the extreme edge of the material of thefender or shield H, affording it support, and the other end, B, bentaround under the hinge E, (see Fig. 4,) and the inner end of the arms 0and D and of the bar A are grooved, V V, to receive it. The material H,which forms the fender or shield, is secured to the bar A, and the arms0 and D by tacks I, and extends from the extreme end of O to the extremeend of D, in one piece.

The two ends are rounded from the tip of the wire supporters F F to theextreme ends of the arms O and D. The material 11 of the fender orshield, which is between the wire supporters F F and the arms 0 and D,has four folds, K K K K, radiating from the hingeeenters. Two otherfolds, L L, radiate from the hinge-centers, and join at a point, M,equidistant from the extreme end of the supporters F F, where arefastened the cords N. At the extreme ends of the arms 0 and D the woodis beveled in two directions. At the apex thus formed are inserted metalpoints P P. The bar A and the arms 0 and D fit into the groove It, inwhich the window S rises and falls. W is a projection or knob, whichserves the purpose of accommodating the projecting portion of the hingesE E when the fender or shield is open, and enters a cavity, T, in thebar A when the fender or shield is closed, thus preventing the strain onthe hinges E E.

When the fender or shield is not in use it can be folded up verycompactly. (See Fig. 3.) WVhen the fender or shield is opened, the arms0 and D move upon the hinges E E, and as they open the end Bof the bentwire comes in contact with the inner end of the arms 0 and D, and ispressed firmly against the ends of the bar A, causing the supporters F Fto stand firmly at right angles therefrom. Upon these supporters F F thematerial forming the fender or shield is secured. The bar A and the arms0 and D are then inserted into the groove It of the window, (see Fig.1,) and the window is pulled down upon the ends of the fender or shield,which sets the points 1? l firmly into the wood, and it is there securedby the weight of the window. The fender or shield extends outside thewindow fan-like, shielding the opening at the window, and cansing thecinders, dust, and current of air to strike beyond the window.

I claim as my invention 7 l. The combination of the bar A and hingedarms 0 D with a flexible material, H, capable of being folded,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the bent wire F and B with the hinge E, and thegroove V in the ends of the bar A, and the arms O and D, substantiallyas and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the cloth, paper, or other suitable material, H,with the arms 0 and. D, having the metal points P P, the projections W\V, and connected by the hinges E E,

having the bent wire F and B, to the bar A, having the cavities T T,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

SIGOURNEY TALES. Witnesses GEORGE WADE, J .W. Bossnve.

